[vid] Marines pose with Nazi SS flagWaitman Beorn: The only part of the
Marine Corps response that is a little troubling is the automatic assumption
that these Marines had no idea what symbol they were appropriating. For example,
from CNN: "They determined that the Marines in the photo were ignorant of the
connection of this symbol to the Holocaust and monumental atrocities associated
with Nazi Germany." I have a hard time believing that. One or two Marines, okay.
But all of them, including their leadership? Also, the comment by the
spokeswoman that they couldn’t have known because that's not what Marines are
about seems hard to believe, as does the revelation that this is NOT an isolated
incident.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/exclusive-marines-nazi-flag-whistleblower-talks